Germany’s tax revenues rose in February 2026. The federal finance ministry, in its monthly report released on Friday morning, noted that the total receipts for the second month of the year were 1.6 percent higher than in February 2025. The year‑on‑year comparison, however, was affected by booking effects on import duties and tobacco tax. Removing those effects, the underlying increase would have been roughly 6.5 percent.
The largest share of the revenue came from community taxes. These receipts grew modestly in February 2026-about 1.1 percent over the same month last year. This gain was driven mainly by a sharp rise in the withholding tax on interest and capital gains. Wages tax gains continued (+4.5 percent). In contrast, revenue from assessed income tax and non‑assessed taxes on income fell compared to February 2025. Corporate tax receipts were virtually unchanged from the preceding year.
In federal taxes alone, receipts in the reporting month increased by 4.3 percent. Energy tax revenue jumped notably (+24.4 percent), while tobacco tax revenue fell by a similar margin (-19.9 percent). The decline in tobacco tax was largely due to a booking effect that records those receipts only in the March tally.
State‑level tax receipts also rose, up 4.4 percent in the reporting month. The two largest contributors to this growth were inheritance tax (+9.9 percent) and property transfer tax (+1.1 percent).